CN1281598A - Distributed radio telephone for use in vehicle - Google Patents
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Abstract
A radio-telephone includes a base unit mounted within the vehicle having a wide area transceiver for communicating with a station outside the vehicle, a control unit disposed in the vehicle remotely from the base unit, and a local area network for establishing a communication link between the base unit and the control unit. The local area network is adapted to transmit control and data signals between the base unit and the control unit. The control unit includes a keypad for entering commands and data that are transmitted to the base unit via the local area network, and a display for displaying information to the user. The control unit may also include a speaker and microphone. Alternatively, the speaker and microphone may be contained in a remote audio unit that is linked to the base unit via the local area network. The control unit may, for example, be incorporated into the steering wheel of a vehicle while the base unit is concealed in the trunk or under the seat of the vehicle.
Description
Invention field
The present invention relates generally to mobile radiotelephone, more specifically, relate to a kind of distributed mobile radiotelephone that uses in the vehicle.
Background of invention
At present, there are three kinds of common acceptable methods to provide cell phone service for the driver of vehicle.At first, a kind of standard, portable cellular phone can be used by the driver, and the power supply of portable cellular phone can be provided by the battery component of handheld unit self, and perhaps the adapter of the cigar lighter by inserting vehicle provides.Secondly, a kind of portable cellular phone of standard can be kept by a support that is installed in vehicle interior.Support can comprise an external loudspeaker and microphone, allows in case the foundation calling can be without manual manipulation.The 3rd, vehicle can be equipped with the built-in type cell phone that is permanently affixed on the vehicle.
Above-mentioned each solution has been done undesirable balance between various design objects, comprise ergonomics, aesthetics, functional diversity, phone performance, the easy degree of scalability and I﹠M.For example, first kind of solution--utilized the handheld terminal of standard--to sacrifice ergonomics, and aesthetics and phone performance provide diversity and installation and maintenance easily for cost.Briefly, utilize portable cellular phone need make driver's the very awkward phone that could allow of part near window.Even phone can be near window, itself usually blocks the radio frequency path between telephone antenna and the cellular basestation, has therefore limited the performance of phone.And the available function of driver also only is some that are provided by cell-phone.
It is improvement to first kind of solution that second kind of solution--is installed in portable cellular phone in the support--.But, this solution also has drawback, relates generally to ergonomics, aesthetics and phone performance.Because support is contained in beyond driver's normal line of sight usually, the driver must move his or his vision area so that use cell phone.And support is normally as the after-market device sales, its outward appearance not necessarily with the decoration harmony of vehicle interior.Support is allowed power cable usually, and microphone and control button hang.As first kind of solution, the function that is provided by cell-phone is provided the driver.Unless use outside booster--it also brings it self relevant expense, installs and aesthstic problem--the performance of phone is subject to its power amplifier, and it is designed to satisfy the battery constraint of handheld terminal.
The third solution--built-in type cell phone--has been done improvement aspect aesthstic, coordinate because it is usually designed to vehicle interior.The balance of being done is ergonomics, diversity, and maintenance is easy and modification is easy.Even in inbuilt phone.The operating key of phone normally is placed on beyond driver's the vision area.Therefore, the driver need move his or his vision area so that the operation phone.And the degree of freedom that has knock-down cell-phone has lost.When the driver left vehicle, phone can not be taken away from vehicle.In addition, new characteristics and function can not be increased in the built-in type phone at an easy rate, also are not easy the built-in type phone to be turned back to its manufacturer's confession maintenance or upgrade.
Summary of the invention
The present invention relates to the radio telephone that uses in a kind of vehicle.This radio telephone comprises an elementary cell, be installed in the vehicle with wide area transmitter-receiver, be used for a station liaison outer with vehicle, a control unit, be installed in the vehicle away from elementary cell, with a local area network (LAN), be used to set up the communication path between elementary cell and the control unit.Local area network (LAN) is adapted at transmitting between elementary cell and the control unit control and data-signal.Control unit comprises a keyboard, is used to import order and the data and a display that will send to elementary cell by local area network (LAN), is used to be shown to user's information.Control unit also can comprise a loud speaker and microphone.A kind of possible alternative is that loud speaker and microphone can be included in the remote audio frequency unit, link elementary cell by local area network (LAN).In a kind of preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first local transmitter-receiver is placed in the control unit, and the second local transmitter-receiver is placed in the elementary cell so that provide radio communication between elementary cell and control unit.If adopt remote audio frequency unit, the 3rd local transmitter-receiver will be placed in the remote audio frequency unit.
Control unit is installed on the control wheel of vehicle in typical case.Control unit can be fully integratible in the control stick of vehicle, or as a kind of replacement scheme, control unit can be on a kind of control wheel that is attached to vehicle itself with regard to complete unit.The power supply of control unit can be installed in the solar cell in the vehicle, or the battery of himself provide by Vehicular battery.
In one embodiment of the present invention, elementary cell is a hidden seal box at vehicle.For example, elementary cell can be installed in the instrument board or cabinet of vehicle.The reciprocation of user and elementary cell is strictly undertaken by control unit.In the present embodiment, some parts of elementary cell, for example the wide area transmitter-receiver can be implemented on the card that inserts elementary cell.This just upgrades and the repairing elementary cell easily.
Elementary cell can comprise the handheld wireless phone of a standard.In the present embodiment, the local transmitter-receiver can be incorporated in the radio telephone, perhaps can be placed in the removable battery box that is attached on the radio telephone.The third possibility is that transmitter-receiver is put into the adapter that connects a wireless telephonic separation.About the third possibility, adapter can be made up of the support that receives and grip handheld wireless phone.Be placed on transmitter-receiver in the battery case movably or an advantage in the adapter is that transmitter-receiver becomes an annex, can be used as option provides to the user.
In another embodiment of the invention, wireless telephonic distributed elements can communicate on the intrinsic LAN of vehicle.Usually, the manufacturer of vehicle will comprise a local area network (LAN) in vehicle, with each interconnection of vehicle together.Control unit of the present invention, elementary cell can utilize the unnecessary capacity of the own LAN of vehicle to intercom mutually with the audio frequency unit.Because each parts of radio telephone and vehicle are shared LAN, thus radio telephone can be used for the expansion or on vehicle intrinsic system work.For example, if vehicle is stolen, the safety system of the vehicle local law enforcement authorities of call notice that set up able to programme.If vehicle also has GPS receiver on the platen, also can comprise the position of vehicle in this notice.
After reading below in conjunction with the description of accompanying drawing to optimum implementation, those skilled in the art will understand various aspects of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 is the sketch map that distributed radio telephone of the present invention is shown.
Fig. 2 is with the block diagram that explains the radio telephone control unit.
Fig. 3 is with the block diagram that explains the radio telephone elementary cell.
Fig. 4 is with the block diagram that explains a kind of optional radio telephone audio frequency unit.
Fig. 5 is a kind of perspective view that is used for the handheld wireless phone of distributed radio telephone of the present invention system.
Fig. 6 is the block diagram of handheld wireless phone, and wherein modulator-demodulator is included in the wireless telephonic support.
Fig. 7 is the perspective view of handheld wireless phone, and this phone has the modem adapter of detachable module form.
Fig. 8 is a kind of block diagram that has the handheld wireless phone of modem adapter.
Fig. 9 is the perspective view of handheld wireless phone, and this phone has the modem adapter of rack form.
Figure 10 is a kind of block diagram of distributed radio telephone, utilizes the communication between a kind of intrinsic physical location that car-the base net network is used to separate.
Figure 11 is a kind of block diagram of distributed radio telephone, has an elementary cell of linking car-base net network and one and utilizes radio path and elementary cell control unit in communication.
Figure 12 is a kind of sketch map that is used for the remote dialing unit of distributed radio telephone.
Figure 13 is the block diagram of remote dialing unit.
Detailed Description Of The Invention
With reference now to accompanying drawing,, mobile telephone system of the present invention is shown, indicate by numeral 10 usually.This mobile telephone system 10 is particularly suited for using in vehicle.Mobile telephone system 10 is distributed on the distinguishing physical location of many separation, and these unit are positioned at the diverse location of car.The physical location that separates is by local wireless communications pathway mutual communication.The preferred embodiments of the invention comprise two physical locations: elementary cell 20 and control unit 40.Elementary cell 20 comprises function transmitter-receiver completely, can send and receive radio signals with from a station that is positioned at vehicle outside.Control unit 40 comprises that the user controls the required interface unit of transmitter-receiver.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, elementary cell 20 is placed in the cabinet or instrument board of vehicle, perhaps is placed on below the seat of vehicle.Control unit 40 preferably be integrated in the control wheel of vehicle or, possible alternative can be to be attached on the control wheel.
Refer now to Fig. 2, the block diagram of elementary cell is shown.Elementary cell 20 comprises RF transmitter-receiver 24, control logic 26, volatility memory (RAM) 28, non-volatile memory (ROM) 30 and modulator-demodulator 32.RF transmitter-receiver 24 can be that the mobile phone transmitter-receiver of grade 1 can send and receive the radio signal that arrives with from the station outside the vehicle.Control logic 26 is according to being stored in the commands for controlling transmitter-receiver 24 in the non-volatile memory 30 and the operation of modulator-demodulator 32.Volatility memory 28 is for temporal data provides memory, and this data are that control logic 26 is needed in the operating period of mobile telephone system 10.Modulator-demodulator 32 provides the communication path between elementary cell 20 and the control unit 40.
In optimum implementation of the present invention, elementary cell 20 comprises a support 22 that contains the electronic unit of elementary cell 20.Control logic 26 is included in the main circuit board.RF transmitter-receiver 24 and non-volatile memory 30 are included in the separator card in the socket that is inserted on the main circuit board.RF transmitter-receiver 24 can be included in the independent card with non-volatile memory 30 or can be included in the card that separates.By RF transmitter-receiver 24 and non-volatile memory 30 being placed in movably on the card, make these parts can be easy to replace or upgrade.For example, a kind of transmitter-receiver 24 by a cellular standards job can use the transmitter-receiver 24 by other different cellular standards work to substitute.Equally, the function of renewal or enhancing telephone system 10 can be undertaken by replacing the memory card.
Fig. 3 is the block diagram of control unit 40.Control unit 40, just as mentioned previously like that, preferably be integrated in the control wheel of vehicle.Control unit 40 comprises keyboard 44, shows 46, and microphone 48 and loud speaker 50 provide service as the interface unit between user and the elementary cell 20.Keyboard 44 is used for by user input data and order.For example, a kind of common usage of keyboard 44 is that input telephone number and " transmission " order are called out to set up output.Show that 46 are used to display message, for example show number and the call status information of being dialled to the user.Microphone 48 is transformed to sound signal with user's speech, is sent to the station, a distant place that is positioned at the vehicle outside by elementary cell 20.Loud speaker 50 will be transformed to the sub-audible sound that can be heard by the user by the sound signal that elementary cell 20 receives.Control logic 52 is according to the operation that has the commands for controlling control unit 40 in its internal memory.The modulator-demodulator 54 that is included in the control unit 40 provides communication path between control unit 40 and elementary cell 20.
In optimum implementation of the present invention, the modulator-demodulator 32 and 54 that communication path is provided between elementary cell 20 and control unit 40 is short-range RF transmitter-receivers.On limited distance, send and received signal.Modulator-demodulator 32 and 54 preferably is operated in the not RF band of licence, the 2.4GHz of Shou Quaning in the world, and slow frequency agility is used to overcome to be disturbed and declines.A kind of binary, frequency modulation schemes is used to transmission.It is 1mbs that the physical layer of path provides total data rate, and the frame period is 1.25ms.
Use a kind of packet switching, path control protocol, wherein each is grouped in the different frequency agilities and transmits.Two full duplex logic channels--one is synchronous voice channel from the stream of packets derivation, utilizes healthy and strong source and chnnel coding to transmit the sound signal that 64kbs has sampled, and another is an asynchronous data channel, has ARQ error recovery function, and capacity is 170 to 200kbs.
With reference now to Fig. 4,, the block diagram of a remote audio frequency unit 60 is shown.Remote audio frequency unit 60 is annexes, and its main application is by providing multiple microphone of offsetting noise and the external loudspeaker of optimizing speech output fidelity to strengthen the audio frequency performance.As shown in Figure 4, remote audio frequency unit 60 comprises a pair of loud speaker 62, and each has oneself power amplifier and a microphone 64.Replacement scheme is that loud speaker 62 and microphone 64 can be placed in the audio frequency unit 60 separately, and they can be placed in the car independently of each other.Remote audio frequency unit 60 comprises the modulator-demodulator 68 of communicating by letter with elementary cell 20.The operation of the remote audio frequency of control logic 66 controls unit 60.
In use, the vehicle driver can start call by utilizing keyboard 44 input telephone numbers and pressing " transmission " key." transmission " instruction sends to elementary cell 20 in company with the number of being dialled from control unit 40 by modulator-demodulator 32 and 54.Then, elementary cell 20 starts calling according to common cell phone practice.Be established in case call out, the sound signal that is received by elementary cell 20 is sent to or control unit 40, or remote audio frequency unit 60 and be transformed to the sound that can hear by loud speaker 50 or 64.Microphone 48 in control unit 40 is transformed to sound signal with driver's speech, is sent to elementary cell 20 so that further be sent to the outer station, a distant place of car.
As shown in Fig. 1 to 3, phone is divided into physical location separately, solved long-standing problem in car phone by wireless LAN communication: how cell phone is integrated in the control wheel of vehicle.In the past, the trial of having done is that keyboard is placed in the control wheel.Yet, the meaningful effort that is integrated into control wheel of telephony feature has been failed, mainly be because the electroclock spring provides the unique firm approach of the electronic equipment connection that is integrated into control wheel., the clock spring can not be provided as the required a large amount of connections of wide spectrum cellular telephone function of supporting that the consumer requires.And the clock spring has very high self-induction.Therefore, for sending VHF and the UHF signal that is produced by radio communication, this is unfavorable.Especially, VHF and UHF signal can not come to antenna or from antenna by the clock spring.Thereby, in the past, hindered phone is integrated into for the specific (special) requirements in cell phone RF path and driven in the plate rail.
The present invention is sent to restriction that needs in control wheel overcome prior art with RF signal or wireless signal through the clock spring by eliminating.The way that replaces is that to be sent to elementary cell 20 be by RF rather than the clock spring by control wheel for control information or the control unit 40 of sound signal from control wheel.The clock spring only is used for providing operating power to the control unit 40 of control wheel.
With reference now to Fig. 5 and 6,, a kind of handheld wireless phone 100 is shown, can be used as the elementary cell 20 in the distributed telephone system 10.Radio telephone 100 comprises movably battery case 130 of a main engine bed 102 and, and main engine bed 102 comprises RF transmitter-receiver 103, memory 104, and control logic 106, keyboard 108 shows 110, audio frequency treatment circuit 112.Microphone 114 and loud speaker 116.Main engine bed 102 also can comprise GPS receiver 120, is used to receive the position data from satellite.Battery case 130 comprises a power supply, can comprise or rechargeable battery, or insert the adapter of power supply.
For described scope so far, cell-phone 100 has nothing different with common handheld wireless phone.Yet cell-phone of the present invention comprises a built-in type modulator-demodulator 118, is used for communicating by letter with the built-in type control unit 40 of vehicle.In Fig. 6, modulator-demodulator 118 is shown in the main engine bed 102 of cell-phone 100., modulator-demodulator 118 also can be included in movably in the battery case 130, shown in the dotted line among Fig. 6.Therefore an advantage of a kind of way in back is that modulator-demodulator 118 is dismountable, and can be used as the optional accessory of cell-phone 100 rather than the integrated component of phone 100 provides.
Fig. 7-9 usefulness explains the handheld wireless phone of the distributed telephone system that uses modem adapter 150, and in Fig. 7, modem adapter 150 is detachable module forms, is inserted in the system interface on the cell-phone 100.Modem adapter 150 comprises the modulator-demodulator 152 that a permission is communicated by letter with control unit 40 and the power supply adaptor 154 of power supply is provided for cell-phone 100.Modulator-demodulator 150 is the form of support also, is installed in the car, as shown in Figure 9.
Handheld wireless phone 100 of the present invention can be operated by common mode.That is to say that the keyboard 108 of cell-phone oneself shows 110, microphone 114 and loud speaker 116 are worked in due form provides a user interface.When being in vehicle-mounted pattern, the handheld wireless phone interface unit can partly not worked at least, and the control unit 40 that substitutes in the control wheel that is integrated into vehicle is controlled.Handheld wireless phone 100 is communicated by letter with control unit 40 by modulator-demodulator 118.
The embodiment of distributed radio telephone of the present invention described above system 10 be depend on a kind of lower powered, the RF link of limited distance, in elementary cell 10, control unit 40, and provide communication between the audio frequency unit 60.Yet, person of skill in the art will appreciate that the communication link of other type also can be used in the connection of the present invention.For example, a kind of replacement scheme is to utilize fiber optic network to connect each physical location of distributed radio telephone system 10.Usually, fiber optic network is to be installed in during fabrication in the vehicle, is used to connect the igniting of vehicle, charging, safety, and subsystem.The physical location of distributed radio telephone 10 of the present invention can utilize this original vehicle network mutual communication.Therefore the physical location of distributed telephone system 10 just becomes the accessory of vehicle legacy network.
Figure 10 is the block diagram of distributed radio telephone system 10, utilizes original vehicle network 200 to communicate by letter between each physical location.Radio telephone system comprises elementary cell 20, and control unit 40 and as the audio frequency unit 60 of option is linked the original vehicle network that common usefulness 200 is represented by modulator-demodulator.Vehicle network 200 comprises communication network 202, for example a kind of fiber optic network.Be attached on the communication network 202 is the ignition system 204 of vehicle, charging system 206, safety system 208, navigation system 210, diagnostic system 212 and various annex 214.Because these original Vehicular systems are attached on the network 202 identical with distributed radio telephone of the present invention 10, thus radio telephone of the present invention 10 can be with Vehicular system together with operation so that strengthen these systems.For example, if vehicle is stolen, Vehicle security system 208 can be programmed to be provided with the local law enforcement authorities of call notice.The content of notice can comprise the position of vehicle, if vehicle or radio telephone 10 have a GPS receiver.In another example, radio telephone 10 can be used for providing remote measurement, transmits the diagnostic message of relevant vehicle itself, and perhaps software is adjusted each microprocessor function of each Vehicular system.
Figure 11 illustrates a kind of alternative method of radio telephone 10 of the present invention being linked vehicle network 200.As shown in figure 11, elementary cell 20 is linked communication network 202 on the plate in the vehicle, this is by means of bridge circuit, inlet, and router, packet switcher, or similar devices is finished.Elementary cell 20 is communicated by letter with audio frequency unit 60 with control unit 40 by foregoing radio path then.In preferred embodiments, bridge circuit, inlet, or router is arranged in elementary cell 20, but also can be the unit that separates.
In the embodiment shown in Figure 10 and 11, the problem relevant with linking the control wheel hub is by sending the control information of base-band digital form in multiply clock spring path one, perhaps by solving being used on other purpose clock spring path the modulation control information equally, the purpose of other of clock spring is as giving other power electronic equipment that integrates with the control wheel hub.By the modulator-demodulator of a station symbol standard communication network 202 is linked in resulting path then.
With reference now to Figure 12,, another embodiment of the present invention is shown.In the present embodiment, control unit 40 is replaced by a remote dialing unit 80, and there is individual support 82 this unit, pass through bus, wire clamp, or other suitable fastening is attached on the control wheel of vehicle, and data cell 80 preferably is placed in the front of control wheel at a distance.Therefore, the user can remain on both hands (on the position at 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock) on the control wheel when driving.
Figure 13 is the function diagram of remote dialing unit 80.Remote dialing unit 80 comprises the keyboard 86 that is used for the input dial instruction, is used for by the encoder 88 of user's input encoded data and is used for the dialing instruction is sent to the local transmitter 90 of elementary cell 20.
Be different from direct and radiotelephone communication, remote data cell 80 can be communicated by letter with the support that designs for gripping phone 100.The local receiver is included in the support, and support sends a command to radio telephone 100 on system bus.
The present invention certainly uses and does not depart from spirit of the present invention and essential characteristic with realizing in other different specific method of the method for this proposition.Therefore the present embodiment that makes an explanation in every respect be with explain rather than limit and from the meaning of appended claim and the institute in the equivalent scope change all will be included in.
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1. a portable communication device that is used to have the vehicle of control wheel comprises:
A) elementary cell comprises that a wide area transmitter-receiver is used for communicating by letter with the station outside the described vehicle
B); A control unit is placed on the control wheel of described vehicle, and described control unit comprises an input equipment, is used to receive user's input to control described transmitter-receiver
C); A local area network (LAN), can connect described elementary cell and described control unit in case from described control unit communicating control information to described elementary cell.
2. according to the portable communication device of claim 1, wherein said control unit comprises a remote dialer, has a keyboard and is used for the input dial order, sequentially sends to described elementary cell by described local area network (LAN).
3. according to the portable communication device of claim 2, wherein said remote dialer is integrated in the control wheel of described vehicle.
4. according to the portable communication device of claim 2, wherein said remote dialer comprises that a support and one depend on device, are used for described support is attached to the control wheel of described vehicle.
5. according to the portable communication device of claim 4, the wherein said device that depends on comprises at least one bus that twines around described control wheel edge.
6. according to the portable communication device of claim 4, the wherein said device that depends on comprises that at least one is fixed to the wire clamp of the described support of described remote dialer.
7. according to the portable communication device of claim 1, wherein said local area network (LAN) comprises the wireless local transmitter and the wireless local receiver that is placed in the described elementary cell that are placed in the described control unit.
8. according to the portable communication device of claim 7, wherein said elementary cell comprises an ambulatory handheld radio telephone and a support that is placed in the described vehicle, be used for receiving and gripping described ambulatory handheld unit, wherein said support comprises an interface, is used to connect described ambulatory handheld unit.
9. according to the portable communication device of claim 8, wherein said local receiver is placed in the described support.
10. according to the portable communication device of claim 8, wherein said elementary cell further comprises an adapter, is used to link the system bus on the described handheld unit, and wherein said local receiver is placed in the described adapter.
11. according to the portable communication device of claim 1, wherein said wide area transmitter-receiver can be pulled down from described elementary cell.
12. portable communication device according to claim 1, also comprise the remote audio frequency unit that is placed in the described vehicle, wherein said remote audio frequency unit can be connected to described elementary cell by described local area network (LAN), makes sound signal to exchange between described remote audio frequency unit and elementary cell.
13. portable communication device according to claim 12, wherein said remote audio frequency unit comprises a microphone, be used to produce sound signal from sub-audible sound, be sent to described elementary cell by described local area network (LAN) then so that further be transferred to described outer station, a loud speaker, be used for producing sub-audible sound from sound signal, sound signal sends to described audio frequency unit from described base station.
14. a portable communication device that is used to have the vehicle of control wheel comprises:
A) elementary cell comprises a wide area transmitter-receiver, is used for communicating by letter with the station of described outside vehicle
B) control unit is integrated with the control wheel of described vehicle, and described control unit comprises:
ⅰ) input equipment is used to receive user's input to control described transmitter-receiver;
ⅱ) user display is used for showing the user profile that receives from described base station to described user; With
C) WLAN (wireless local area network) can be connected described elementary cell with described control unit, be used for transmitting between described control unit and described elementary cell control and data-signal.
15. according to the portable communication device of claim 14, wherein said LAN comprises the first local transmitter-receiver and the second local transmitter-receiver that is placed in the described elementary cell that are placed in the described control unit.
16. portable communication device according to claim 15, wherein said elementary cell comprises an ambulatory handheld radio telephone and a support that is placed in the described vehicle, be used for receiving and gripping described ambulatory handheld radio telephone, wherein said support comprises an interface, is used to link described hand mobile telephone.
17. according to the portable communication device of claim 16, the wherein said second local transmitter-receiver is placed in the described support.
18. according to the portable communication device of claim 16, wherein said elementary cell also comprises an adapter, is used to link the system bus on the described handheld wireless phone, the wherein said second local transmitter-receiver is placed in the described adapter.
19. according to the portable communication device of claim 14, wherein said wide area transmitter-receiver can be pulled down from described elementary cell
20. portable communication device according to claim 14, also comprise a remote audio frequency unit that is placed in the described vehicle, wherein said remote audio frequency unit can be connected to described elementary cell by described local area network (LAN), makes sound signal to exchange between described remote audio frequency unit and elementary cell.
21. portable communication device according to claim 20, wherein said remote audio frequency unit comprises a microphone, be used for producing sound signal from sub-audible sound, be sent to described elementary cell by described local area network (LAN) then, so that further be sent to described outer station, a loud speaker is used for producing sub-audible sound from sound signal, and sound signal is sent to described audio frequency unit from described base station.
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